Handle for glass covers



(No Model.). D. E. LADD.

HANDLE FOR GLASS COVERS. No. 255,388. Patented Mar. 21,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

DANIEL E. LAD D, OF BALTIMORE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELIJAH J. B.WHITAKER, OF BELAIR, MARYLAND.

HANDLE FOR GLASS COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,388, dated March21, 1882.

Application filed January 30, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. LADD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Handles for Glass Covers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being bad therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object to provide a detachable handle for blownglass covers or shades, such-as are employed to cover statuettes, waxflowers, mantel-clocks, ornaments, and the like.

A glass shade with my improvedhandle will first be described, and theinventionwill then be designated in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a view of a shade providedwith a handle in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view partlyin section, on alarger scale, showing the parts.

The letterA designates the glass shade, having a semi-ovoidal top. B isthe handle, attached thereto after the shade has been finished'. Theshape of the handleis immaterial. It may be in any desired ornamentalform. In the presentinsta-nce it represents an eagle with spread wingsmounted on a ball. A suitable hole, 0, is formed in the top of the glassshade.

D designates a circularconcavo convex metal plate, which is placed uponthe top of the glass shade over the hole, the convex side of the platebeing up, and the rim or edge bearing againstor toward the glass. Asaucershaped metal plate, E, is placed within the glass shade, with itsrim .or edge f upward against the glass. As the two plates D and E havethe same diametrical measurement, the rim of the one on the inner sideot' the glass coincides with or is directly opposite the rim of theother on the outer side of the glass; and when the two plates are firmlysecured in this position this arrangement gives the desired clampinghold upon the glass, by which the handle is secured.

The saucer-shaped plate E is concaved. on the bottom or outer side, asindicated at g. A hole through the center of both plates per mits thepassage of a bolt, h, the upper end of which is made fast to the handle,(in the present instance the ball part of the handle,) and .the lowerend is screw-threaded to enter the with the glass. The two metal platesare eachfilled with plaster-of-paris previously mixed with water, andeach is placed in the position before described and as shown in thedrawings. The bolt h is then passed through from the top and screwedinto the nut t until the two rims or edges of the plates are brought toclamp the glass sufficiently tight. The rubber permits the top plate, D,to be pressed quite hard without liability of the plate-rim breaking theglass, and the plaster-of-paris filling assumes a form which is adaptedperfectly to any irregularity or unevenness of the glass. As the rubberextends entirely under the plaster filling on the top, it serves as anelastic cushion for the plaster, as well as for the rim of the plate,and this permits the bolt to be screwed until very tight, therebyholding the handle to its position with great rigidity.

My described arrangement of plates with handle and attached bolt toconnect them is such that the handle may be attached and may be detachedat any time. The same parts with the rubber disk is an advantage, as therubber provides a cushion for the rim of the plates. Again, theaforesaid parts, with the plasterof-paris fillingin the concaved orsaucer-shaped plates, insures that all that part of the glass coverbetween the plates, however irregular or uneven, is uniformly clamped orpressed,

provides a means for attaching a handle to a thin glass cover which willinsure rigidity and not injure the glass.

The advantage of the coneaved bottom 1 is that it prevents the end ofthe bolt which may protrude from being seen on a side view, and likewiseprovides for the use of a nut on the outside or against the bottomwithout its showing.

If desired, the end of the bolt next to the handle may be squared, andthe hole in the plate D likewise squared to prevent the handle and boltfrom turning separately from the said plate. In this case the use of anut on the outside of the concaved bottom would. be necessary.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent of the United States v 1. A blown glass shade or cover providedwith a detachable handle secured by means substantially as described, asset forth.

2. A glass shade or cover provided with a detachable handle secured bymeans of a circnlar metal plate, D, upon the top of the glass 25 cover.and a circular plate, E, within the glass cover, so arranged that therims or edges of the two plates coincide or are directly opposite, and abolt one end of which is attached to the handle to secure the two platesfirmly in said position, as set forth.

3. A glass shade or cover provided with a detachable handle secured bymeans of a circular concave-con vex metal plate, 1), upon the top of theglass cover, and a circular saucer- 5 shaped plate, E, within the glasscover, arubber washer against the glass, a filling in each plate ofplaster-of-paris, the latter covering the rubber washer, and a bolt oneend of which is attached to the handle to secure the two plates firmlyin position, as set forth.

In testimonywhereofl atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL E. LADD.

Witnesses:

.TNO. T. MADDox, OHAs. B. MANN.

